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1. AN APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING WAGERS AT ADVERTISED BETTING ODDS ON PARTICIPANTS IN A PROJECTED CONSTEST, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF KEYBOARD MACHINES EACH LOCATED AT A RESPECTIVE BETTING POSITION, A CONTROL UNIT POSITONED AT A CENTRAL LOCATION, SIGNALLING MEANS LOCATED AT EACH KEYBOARD MACHINE; MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY LINKING SAID SIGNALLING MEANS TO SAID CONTROL UNIT, EACH KEYBOARD MACHINE HAVING ITS KEYS GROUPED TO PROVIDE FOR KEYING AND SIGNALLING IN RESPECT TO EACH WAGER OF INFORMATION AS TO THE IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF THE PARTICIPANT, THE VALUE OF THE STAKE WAGERED AND THE BETTING ODDS LAID, ACCUMULATING DEVICES AT SAID CONTROL UNIT RESPONDING TO INPUT SIGNALS TO TOTAL MONEY VALUES REPRESENTED BY SAID SIGNALS, ELECTRICAL RELAY MEANS CHANNELING FROM EACH KEYBOARD MACHINE SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE VALUE OF THE STAKE OF EACH WAGER TO THE INPUT OF A FIRST ONE OF SAID ACCUMULATING DEVICES TO RECORD THE TOTAL "TAKE" VALUE OF BETTING TRANSACTIONS, MULTIPLYING APPARATUS RESPONDING TO TWO DISTINCT INPUT SIGNALS TO OBTAIN THE "COLLECT" VALUE OF EACH WAGER, MEANS CONNECTING FROM EACH KEYBOARD MACHINE THE SIG- 